NBA's strongest prince

Chapter 181 New Year

"The Bulls withstood the impact of the Suns' bench, and their forwards Darius Sangueira and Nocioni also played well."

"Hinrich's touch is coming. The Bulls are going to challenge the authority of the Suns. The Suns seem a little tired in back-to-back away games."

In the game between the Suns and the Bulls, the Suns were on the dominant side.

But I didn't expect that from the rotation period to the second quarter, it was the Bulls who caught up.

When the Bulls left Chandler and played a small lineup with the Suns, the offensive end unexpectedly rose.

This is Varejao's shortcoming, even if the opponent doesn't have any strong inside line, he can't hold back.

Varejao's role is still inside defense, and the offensive end is a lot worse. If Stoudemire was there, the Bulls would not dare to go inside, or they would die if they got off the inside.

Stoudemire can play a slow-moving big center, and he can also bully a small lineup, so Russell didn't hesitate to offer a maximum salary. As long as Stoudemire is healthy, he will be the best insider on the offensive end of the Suns.

At the end of the first half, because of the performance of the Bulls in the second quarter, the two sides were evenly matched.

Russell mainly passed the ball in the first two quarters, and Hinrich's hard work in defense was not bad.

The main reason is that after consecutive away games, Russell is also a little tired, and he has not started to work hard.

He also understands now that to remain efficient throughout the season, strength alone is not enough, and physical strength is also very important.

His physical strength is much better than last season, but it is definitely not enough compared to the beasts in the league.

Fortunately, the team is much richer. Otherwise, if he leads the team alone and has to play, the Suns' team doctor will not be able to save the injury.

"We still have to play more efficiently. With a small lineup, our rebounds are better." Russell called everyone together.

"Be more decisive, don't waste excess physical strength, the defensive end can pinch their perimeter."

The Bulls play two guards, and it seems that their organizational skills are not bad. In fact, both of them are insufficient. To defend against the Bulls, they still have to guard against their outside shots and mid-range shots.

For the Suns, it is not difficult to do this. Joe Johnson, Iguodala, Marion and Wallace walk up. Russell only needs to stare at the three-pointer. It is no wonder that the Bulls are not uncomfortable in front of a bunch of long arms.

In the third quarter, the Bulls and a group of young people were also full of confidence and wanted to wrestle with the Suns.

It would be difficult for them to kill Sun under normal circumstances, but wouldn't it be okay to take advantage of Sun's fatigue?
However, they soon discovered that the Suns' defense had improved to a new level, and they could no longer make mid-range shooting opportunities in the first half.

The Bulls also played in the playoffs last season, but they still have little experience with the Suns' level of defense.

It's really hard, those big long arms are accidentally capped by Marion or Wallace.

Later, the Bulls found out that it would be better for Hinrich or Duhon to single Russell after a bunch of cooperation.

And the Suns' offense is also much more aggressive. Russell's touch is not very good, but he only shows up occasionally, but the speed of the Suns has increased, and the transition between offense and defense is hard to guard against.

As long as the Bulls missed the shot, the Suns strikers would go down as fast as they could, as if they were [-]-meter athletes.

The Suns are a group of beasts with physical fitness, flying into the sky and hiding from the ground, Russell's pass is elusive, and soon the Bulls are more tired than the Suns players, and they feel led away.

"Could it be that the Suns are stronger this season than last season? Marion and Wallace's ability to assist in defense is amazing."

"Stoudemire probably wondered, doesn't the team need him?"

"The Suns' strikers are too strong. After Russell became obsessed with scoring, he seldom sent out wonderful assists like this. Now I find it very cool to watch assists."

"In fact, Russell is still strong. Not all opportunities are given to him."

"You can see that Russell is also a talent of ordinary people. Now that he is so strong, my basketball dream has risen again."

"Dream it, if you enter the league, you will be the MVP, and if you say you can practice offensively, you can practice it. Who would believe it if you are not a top talent?"

After trying the defending champion's playoff mode in the third quarter, the Bulls withered a bit.

In the final quarter, Russell led Marion and Wallace to go crazy on both ends of the offense and defense, and won the victory in one fell swoop.

The current sun is really a bit of a flat front, and the posture of closing the game as soon as it shows off its power.

Many strong teams have a similar style, but if they pass by, they are proud and easy to capsize.

If you grasp it well, you will have the momentum of a strong team, which is basically owned by the dynasty team.

The Suns now have this posture, there is no way, the lineup is too strong, except for the lack of low-post killers inside, the Suns have everything else.

The Sun still has to play away games during the New Year, but he always has to go back and have a meal with his family.

After playing the Bulls, Russell returned to Phoenix with exhaustion and squinted on the plane.

Nora had come back a few days earlier, and the two of them were living together this time, and they only spent Christmas with their families, so there was no need for New Year's Eve.

"Your vision is really good." Nora is now happy every day.

The movies I invested in have been making money in releases. Even if I thought I was making money before, it still feels different if the money doesn’t come into my hands.

Russell's mind quickly returned to the game, and Nora was also busy with her career, which was good. The two of them took a break from their busy schedules and were very passionate.

The first battle of the new year was to go to New York, and Nora went to run some errands. The two stayed together, but they separated immediately after going.

The Knicks have been a mess this season, but Larry Brown is still struggling.

He thinks he can turn the tide, but the players are not very good.

The players felt that the head coach was an old man with no reputation but no strength and bad temper. The two sides did not trust each other, and the management was unreliable. It would be strange if the team's performance was good.

When encountering the Suns, the Knicks still have some ideas. The Suns are the focus of the league now.

This kind of key game is played well, no matter how the team is, it is good for the players.

The head coach also wants to win. In this case, if the game starts well, the game can go on well, but if it doesn't get up all at once, it will be the end of the game in the current state of the Knicks.

At the beginning of the game, Marbury played very seriously. In fact, Marbury still wanted to prove himself, but he lost confidence intermittently and was easily influenced by the outside world. The whole person kept oscillating between doing well and giving up. The state in front of me is nervousness and neurosis.

In this game, Marbury started well and organized carefully. The Knicks' rookie David Lee was full of touch, and he kept scoring on the front line by relying on his touch.

Of course, the Knicks' defense is not good, and the Suns are also very strong offensively.

Marion also felt good in the first quarter, hitting consecutive three-pointers, and the game between the two sides suddenly turned into an offensive battle. The fans at Madison Square Garden were in high spirits and enjoyed the game, as if it was a new year.

(End of this chapter)